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Description: | A rectangular copper alloy apothecaries weight. It is marked with the symbol for 2 scruples on one side (a retrograde rounded capital 'E', followed by an 'i' and a 'j'), and '2 scruple' on the other. It should weigh 2.6g, so is slightly underweight. Apothecaries became an independent trade in 1617 and adopted the scruple and drachm measures, but their weights were not legally regulated until 1878-9 (following the Weights and Measures Act). As this is underweight and has no verification mark it probably predates this. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1600
1900 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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